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Byline: Ernest Rollins Feb. 14-- Feb. 14--Another Monroe County township wants to join the local fire protection district as a way to improve fire protection and emergency services for a [...]

Sept. 05-- Sep. 5--Slowly but surely, the area of the Eagle Creek Fire is regenerating. While we lament the unwelcome intrusion into the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, we [...]

Byline: Will Campbell Aug. 08-- Aug. 8--In the depths of Southcentral Alaska, a small tourist town called Talkeetna sits on the edge of the Susitna River, below Denali National Park, [...]

Byline: Will Campbell Aug. 07-- Aug. 7--In the depths of Southcentral Alaska, a small tourist town called Talkeetna sits on the edge of the Susitna River, below Denali National Park, [...]

Aug. 05-- Aug. 5--Indiana's latest Safe Haven Baby Box has been installed at the Turkey Creek Fire Territory Station No. 2 at 8138 E. McClintic Road in Syracuse). The box [...]

Byline: Ernest RollinsJan. 06--For just over three decades, the Perry-Clear Creek Fire Protection District's boundaries remained the same.That all changed on Tuesday, when Indian Creek Township officially joined the fire [...]

The US aerial firefighting industry has experienced one of its slowest fire seasons to date notes the American Helicopter Services and Aerial Firefighting Association. WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- [...]

ALAMOSA, Colo., June 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Gotta let the music play. The Spring Creek Fire hasn't stopped the music. The third-largest wildfire in Colorado State history raged through the [...]

The National Forest Foundation's California Wildfire Reforestation Fund was established as a vehicle for investments to reforest California's National Forests impacted by recent wildfires MISSOULA, Mont., April 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ [...]

Byline: Dameon Pesanti Sept. 29--After more than a year since its closure due to the Eagle Creek Fire, a 6-mile stretch of the Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail, a [...]

Byline: Jonathan Glover Sept. 04--Cooler weather has brought more favorable firefighting conditions to the Northwest, but several fires continue to burn even as their growth has slowed. In Central Washington, [...]

Aug. 30--Even a year later, the scope of the Eagle Creek Fire in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area can be difficult to comprehend. So here is one comparison [...]

Byline: Scott Hewitt Aug. 27--Earlier this year, officials at Washington State Parks started bracing themselves for mobs of eager outdoor adventurers who couldn't get their thrills on the south side [...]

Byline: Will Campbell Aug. 14--Using firefighting airplanes, crews are working to suppress two of the biggest fires growing in North Idaho -- Cougar Fire and Surprise Creek Fire. Cougar Fire, [...]

Byline: Jacob Nierenberg Aug. 12--It was about 5 p.m. Sept. 4, 2017, when Jill Willis was told to evacuate all tourists and employees from the Multnomah Falls Lodge. Two hours [...]

Byline: Seth Boster July 26--As monsoon rains whip through Colorado, southern communities are bracing for new catastrophes in and around the burn scar left by the state's third largest wildfire. [...]

Byline: Seth Boster July 23--HUERFANO COUNTY -- The ash was like black snow, the smoke a curtain shrouding the beauty they'd known for 23 years. And over the ridge to [...]

Byline: Dameon Pesanti July 14--Vancouver residents and the rest of the Pacific Northwest watched in horror last summer when the Eagle Creek Fire ripped through the Columbia River Gorge. When [...]

Byline: Ernest Rollins July 09--More than half of the 11 townships in Monroe County may soon have the same fire protection provider. The Perry-Clear Creek Fire Protection District now provides [...]

Byline: Haley Candelario July 06--U.S. Highway 160 at La Veta Pass will reopen in both directions at 2 p.m. Saturday, the Colorado Department of Transportation announced Friday. The highway closed [...]

Byline: Katie Gillespie June 16--SKAMANIA -- Set against the background of the charred Columbia River Gorge, a group of Washougal sixth-graders stood from a crouch and stretched their arms high [...]

May 23--In truth, no amount of restitution can adequately make up for the damage caused by last year's Eagle Creek Fire in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. But [...]

Byline: Scott Hewitt April 29--Drive east in search of outdoor adventure this year, and you'll find your options limited. You may have trouble parking your car before you go exploring [...]

Byline: Jonathan Streetman April 05--LeAnn Freeman Occupation: Staff scheduler specialist at Indiana University Health Bloomington. Experience: 15 years of prior experience on the Indian Creek Township Board; knowledge of Indiana [...]

Feb. 20--The sentencing of a Vancouver teenager for setting last year's Eagle Creek Fire brings up complex questions about crime and punishment. While there is room for disagreement about the [...]

Jan. 24--The message should be clear: Stay out, or it could cost you. Despite that simple directive, a disturbing number of people are trespassing upon areas that are beginning the [...]

Byline: Jerzy Shedlock Jan. 03--Decades-long Vancouver resident Ron Burby used his emergency-response training, generally employed at local house fires, on a much larger scale in December when he was sent [...]

Byline: Tom Vogt Jan. 01--This summer's fires in the Columbia River Gorge are the story of the year, according to two different groups of Columbian readers. But after that, there's [...]

Byline: Ernest Rollins Dec. 22--Starting Jan. 1, 2019, the Perry-Clear Creek Fire Protection District will be renamed the Monroe Fire Protection District. The name change is to reflect the district's [...]

Byline: Michael Howie MORE than 30,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes in Santa Barbara, southern California, as a blaze bigger than the area of New York City [...]

Byline: Jim Armitage City Editor FOR a new boss, there are many ways to make a good impression on the team. Throw an awkward cheese and wine party, introduce dress-down [...]

Byline: Ellie Mulder Dec. 06--View Gallery View Comments Sixteen Colorado agencies, including the Security Fire Protection District, sent firefighters Wednesday to help combat California wildfires, the state's Division of Fire [...]

Byline: Joseph Luiz Dec. 06--One Teen Challenge chapter rose to the challenge and helped another this week. With wildfires raging across Southern California, the Kern County office of the international [...]

PRODUCTION of TV shows including HBO's Westworld has been halted as wildfires rage in southern California. HBO said the sci-fi drama's producers decided to shut down and avoid any danger [...]

Byline: Chhun Sun Dec. 05--View Gallery View Comments The Colorado Springs-based SuperTanker was scheduled to take off from Arizona on Tuesday afternoon to help fight destructive brush fires in Southern [...]

Byline: Rich Laden Dec. 05--View Gallery View Comments Blaze Pizza, a California-based, build-your-own pizza chain that boasts basketball star LeBron James as an investor, will become one of the area's [...]

Byline: Michael Howie THOUSANDS of homes are under threat from a huge wildfire in Californian foothills north of Los Angeles. The blaze started yesterday and doubled in size overnight, growing [...]

Thomas Fire: An Exploration of How We Experience Wildfire Fire BOZEMAN, Mont., Dec. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --MYSTERY RANCH , the industry-leading backpack company built on a heritage of comfortable load [...]

Chipotle's donation is part of $1.4 million the company has donated to United Way since 2017 to support local communities after natural disasters NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Dec. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ [...]

'The online brokerage offers free services to those impacted by Hill and Woolsey fires' LOS ANGELES, Nov. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- California-based Padx.com has announced a new offering to help [...]

M2 PRESSWIRE-October 31, 2018-: SCE Provides an Update on the Circumstances Pertaining to the 2017 Thomas Fire (C)1994-2018 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:31102018 ROSEMEAD, Calif. -- Southern California Edison remains committed to [...]

FORT LEE, New Jersey, Oct. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Alamosa, Colorado is a small town in the southern part of the state, and residents are no stranger to wildfires. As [...]

Denver, Aug 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) -- United Rotorcraft is pleased to announce the receipt of a contract with Ventura County Fire Department (VCFD) to convert two surplus [...]